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"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

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  • Dragon_Lily
    Dragon_Lily Posts: 315 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Open my savings pot and banked £190 of £207.50 saved. The remaining £17.50 has been added to my new pot to start it off:D.

    Don't worry SueUU I've added the fig to my sig so I can top it up with the rest of my potting in Nov.

    Hope everyone is enjoying the gorgeous weather!
    :staradmin Star from Sue-UU


    3 - 6 Emergency fund #24 £2273. Target £3,000
    SPC15 #57 [SPC14 £195.50, SPC13 £114.08, SPC12 £215, SPC11 £183, SPC10 £209]



  • Saver-upper
    Saver-upper Posts: 2,348 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Where did everybody go??
    My 8yo gave me change from here weekend away with Cubs.Into the pot went a £1 coin,and 4x50p coins,=£3.00
    SPC #36 :staradminx 8.SPC7=£751.10 SPC8=£651.04 SPC9=£843.00 SPC10=£872.76
    Pinecone £301,Valued Opinions £10.50





  • AntoMac
    AntoMac Posts: 2,996 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Thank you Sue, and thanks Sue and everyone for the warm welcome.

    I potted just £1.50 last week. Must do better. On the positive side it's £1.50 more than not potting anything
    27/5/17 Mort 64705 BTs 1904031/12/17 Mort 59815 BT 1673007/04/20 Mort 49208 BT 1572128/07/20 Mort 47387 BT 1263414/11/20 Mort 45905 BT 10134 20/05/21 Mort 42335 BT 686811/08/22 Mort 32050 BT 2915Sealed Pot Challenge 16 Number 5
  • Dizzy_Imp
    Dizzy_Imp Posts: 2,782 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    It's so hot here....:( I know I moan when it's raining, but it's almost tropical at the moment. Was fantastic weather over the half-term though, so mustn't grumble.

    32p to pot, which is all I had left...holidays are expensive!
  • mrs-moneypenny
    mrs-moneypenny Posts: 15,519 Forumite
    Morning potters, hope everyone is well.
    SPC~12 ot 124

    In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind
  • siju
    siju Posts: 691 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    My goodness it's been a busy week. DS has completed his final year in university and has come home :eek: He has taken over at least 4 rooms in the house and left a trail of [STRIKE]clutter [/STRIKE] important items in his wake. On Friday he flies to America to work for the next 4 months so there has been a lot of "how do I?", "where can I?" etc etc to sort/answer. I appear to have been running around like a bluea**ed fly ;) I love him to bits although, as I told DH, it's lovely to see him come home, but I can't wait for him to go either! Oh well, next week I'll probably be saying how much I miss him :D

    In potting news I have £4.21 to pop in my pot today :T Roll on Friday!!!!!!!
    SPC 19 - #009
  • Saver-upper
    Saver-upper Posts: 2,348 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 9 June 2016 at 7:29AM
    We can't have a WHOLE day go buy with nobody posting on here,can we?I'd better find something to pot........
    Again,paid in cash for a job today,so going to pot the lot: £22 :j.It includes a coin for my £2 coin pot :j
    Hope everyone is keeping well x
    SPC #36 :staradminx 8.SPC7=£751.10 SPC8=£651.04 SPC9=£843.00 SPC10=£872.76
    Pinecone £301,Valued Opinions £10.50





  • mrs-moneypenny
    mrs-moneypenny Posts: 15,519 Forumite
    Morning all, hope everyone is well.
    Was in the local shop and heard a guy telling another customer his friend had just rung him to say he'd bought some scratch cards from that shop and everyone was a winner so he'd come to get some of the same one. He was in front of me in the queue and bought 20 cards at £3 each! And said he'd be back to claim his winnings, I decided to take a chance on one so bought one of that type and one of another I occasionally get. So I spent £6, the one that was his type of card won me £20 the other won £10. Later in the afternoon I went back to claim the winnings, the rack was empty of that type of card the check out lady commented on the wins and told me a guy had been in earlier and bought loads, I told her I was there and had bought mine based on his convo and said I wonder how he did. Not as good as me apparently. He'd spent £60 came back to claim £20 from those and bought the remaining cards with that and then scratched them in store netting only £3. So he lost £60 plus the bit money he won back. My £30 is safely stashed in my pot.
    SPC~12 ot 124

    In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind
  • Saver-upper
    Saver-upper Posts: 2,348 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I sat down tonight to look for a receipt in my [STRIKE]tardis of doom[/STRIKE] handbag.I never found it,but I did manage to evict receipts going back to before Christmas :eek:.While I was at it,thought I would empty my purse of coins,because the zip on the purse doesn't zip,and there were soooooo many loose coins (especially 1 and 2p pieces),it was just asking for an embarrassing purse explosion in the middle of a shop.
    So,into the pot went about 968 coins,totalling £1.14 :D.
    Because I'm bored (and the boss isn't here :D),I am off to count up how many days to pot-opening.
    What day is it again?:rotfl:
    SPC #36 :staradminx 8.SPC7=£751.10 SPC8=£651.04 SPC9=£843.00 SPC10=£872.76
    Pinecone £301,Valued Opinions £10.50





  • Saver-upper
    Saver-upper Posts: 2,348 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    146 days :shhh:
    SPC #36 :staradminx 8.SPC7=£751.10 SPC8=£651.04 SPC9=£843.00 SPC10=£872.76
    Pinecone £301,Valued Opinions £10.50





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